Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe

Name: Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe
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ISBN: 9780199244584

ISBN-10: 0199244588

ISBN-13: 9780199244584

Edition: 2001

Authors: Richard W. Kaeuper

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Medieval Europe was a rapidly developing society with a problem of violent disorder. Professor Kaeuper's original and authoritative study reveals that chivalry was not simply part of the solution. Chivalry praised heroic violence by knights, and fused such displays of prowess with honour, piety, high status, and attractiveness to women. Though the vast body of chivalric literature, here examined, praises chivalry as necessary to civilization, most texts also worry over knightly violence, criticize all ideals and practices of chivalry, and often propose reforms. The knights themselves joined the debate, absorbing some reforms, ignoring others, sometimes proposing their own. Complexity…

Book details

List price: $94.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/21/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.98" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Prologue


Issues and Approaches



The Problem of Public Order and the Knights



Evidence on Chivalry and its Interpretation


The Link with Clergie



Knights and Piety



Clergie, Chevalerie, and Reform


The Link with Royaute



Chevaleriue and Royaute



English Kingship, Chivalry, and Literature


The Ambivalent Force of Chivalry



The Privileged Practice of Violence: Worship of the Demi-God Prowess



Knighthood in Action



Social Dominance of the Knights



Knights, Ladies, and Love



Chanson de Geste and Reform



Quest and Questioning in Romance



Chivalric Self-Criticism and Reform


Epilogue


Bibliography